Coat.



No. 786,654. PATENTED AUG. 18,1903. M. WENZEL.

GOAT.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 29, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

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i n TATES Patented August 18, 19035.

MAX Wlf-NZEL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

COAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 736,654, dated August 18, 1903.

Application filed April 29, 1903- Serial No. 154,873. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, MAX IVENZEL, a citizen of the United States, residing in the borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, city and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coats, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to mens coats, and has for its object to make a coat that will be neat-looking and well-fitting. To this end I make a coat as will now be described in detail.

The novel features of my invention are pointed out in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved coat with the sleeve raised. Fig. 2 shows the cut of one of the side pieces, and Fig. 3 shows the cut of the back piece.

My improved coat consists of three pieces, not counting the collar, pocket-flaps, and sleeves. The back piece A has an upper edge A, adapted for connection with the collar B, two shoulder-lines A two arm-curves A adapted for connection with the sleeves 0, two side edges A, two reenterin g waist edges A the side edges A of the skirt, and a bottom edge A The skirt portion A is much narrower than the part of the back piece immediately above the waist-line, so that proj eetions A are formed at the waist-line.

There are two side pieces D, each of which has a neck portion D, a shoulder-line D an arm-curve D and a side line D. At the lower end of said side line an approximately horizontal waist-line D extends both to the left and to the right, the leftward portion being in the nature of a cut into the body of the side piece. This cut terminates at a point corresponding to the front end of the pocket, the flap of which is indicated at E in Fig. 1. The contour of the side piece is completed by a front line D, a bottom edge D and an upright skirt edge D A dart D may extend upwardly from the waist-line D. The portion of the side piece below the waist-line is wider than that immediately above the waist-line, forming a projection D The width of this projection D" is about equal to that of the projections A of the back piece.

In connecting the side pieces to the back piece the shoulder lines or edges A I) are sewed together, similarly the side lines A D and the waist edges A with those portions of the waist-lines D which lie to the rear of the side edges D. Where the waist-line D cuts into the side piece D the edges of the fabric are sewed together. This is also done for the edges of the dart D The pocket-flaps E are sewed to the coat so as to cover the seam at the waist-line D The collar B and sleeves C are applied in any approved manner. The coat thus consistsof three main pieces. A very accurate fit is obtained, owing chiefly to the provision of the projections A D and to the extension of the waist-line D as a cut into the body of the side piece D. The seams connecting the side edges A" I) are generally covered by the sleeves C, as are also the seams at the darts D The seams connecting the shoulder-lines A I) will scarcely be noticeable if the pieces are properly cut, so that the pattern of the side pieces will match that of the back piece at their meeting edges.

I have herein referred to the piece D as a side piece. More correctly speaking, it is a combined side piece and front piece. \Vhile I intend making the back piece integral and each of the side pieces likewise, I desire it to be understood that my invention resides in the cut of the pieces and that even if the back section or the side sections are formed of two or more connected pieces the advantages of my invention may be secured by giving said sections as a whole the construction set forth herein. In any event, however, the projections A" D" should be integral with some portion or piece of the back section and front sec tion, respectively, and preferably such piece should extend continuously from the top of the garment to the bottom. It will also be understood that the term coat as used herein applies to all kinds of coats, including top coats or overcoats.

I claim as myinvention and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A coat, comprising a back piece provided with integral forward extensions above the waist-line, and side pieces provided with integral rearward extensions below the waist-line.

2. A coat, comprising a back piece provided with a narrow skirt portion and a wide upper portion projecting forwardly from the upper edge of said skirt portion, and side pieces provided with integral rearward extensions below the waist-line, and with a cut extending at the waist-line to about the forward end of the pocket.

3. A coat, comprising aback piece provided with a narrow skirt portion and a wide upper portion projecting forwardly from the upper edge of said skirt portion, and side pieces provided with integral rearward extensions below the waist-line, and with a cut extending at the waist-line to about the forward end of the pocket, and with a dart extending upwardly from said out.

4. A coat comprisinga back piece and two side pieces, each of said pieces having its outline formed with a neck portion, a shoulderline, an arm-curve, and an upright side edge extending down to the Waist-line, the side pieces having integral rearward extensions below the waist-line, and the back piece having corresponding integral forward extensions above the waist-line.

5. A coat comprising a back piece and two side pieces, said back piece and side pieces being provided with lateral extensions overlapping along the waist-line, each of said extensions being integral with a piece extending continuously from the top to the bottom of the coat.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

MAX WENZEL.

WVitnesses:

JOHN LOTKA, EUGENE EBLE. 

